Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73

§426n Technical assistance to States and local governments; cost sharing

Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 9— - PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - IN GENERAL › § 426n

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

When the Governor of a State or the right local official asks, the Secretary can give designs, plans, specifications, and other technical help. That help is for two kinds of work on navigable streams and their tributaries: removing snags and debris and clearing or straightening channels; and renovating streams using mostly nonstructural, cost‑effective methods to improve drainage, water quality, and habitat diversity. The State or local government must pay 50 percent of the cost of any designs, plans, specifications, or technical help.

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Title 33, §426n

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(a)Upon request of the Governor of a State, or the appropriate official of local government, the Secretary is authorized to provide designs, plans, and specifications, and such other technical assistance as he deems advisable to such State or local government for its use in carrying out—

(1)projects for removing accumulated snags and other debris, and clearing and straightening channels in navigable streams and tributaries thereof; and

(2)projects for renovating navigable streams and tributaries thereof by means of predominantly nonstructural methods judged by the Secretary to be cost effective, for the purpose of improved drainage, water quality, and habitat diversity.

(b)The non-Federal share of the cost of any designs, plans, specifications or technical assistance provided under subsection (a) shall be 50 percent.

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“Secretary” Defined Secretary means the Secretary of the Army, see section 2201 of this title.

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Citation

33 U.S.C. § 426n

Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73